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Hi Andrew,

I don't have first-hand experience but I remember reading this two-part
comparison of different deconvolution softwares, including commercial and
open-source ones, in GIT Imaging & Microscopy by the Sage's group at EPFL
(direct links to pdfs):

http://bigwww.epfl.ch/publications/griffa1001.pdf
http://bigwww.epfl.ch/publications/griffa1002.pdf

Hope this helps,

Christophe

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Andrew York <
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> Hello, I'm looking for advice and information about deconvolution,
> especially from those with first-hand experience.
>
> Traditionally, one of the processing steps in structured illumination
> microscopy is deconvolution. For our SIM, we decided to use an open-source
> solution:
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/piotrwendykier/software/deconvolution/paralleliterativedeconvolution
>
> This seemed like a nice tradeoff between reinventing the wheel with our own
> deconvolution code, and subjecting ourselves to a 'black box' closed-source
> solution. However, we've recently tried out the Huygens deconvolution
> software, and the results seem quite promising, possibly an improvement
> over other methods we've tried. I like good images, but I don't like black
> boxes, and I like to understand my data processing.
>
> 1. Is the exact algorithm used in Huygens transparently documented
> anywhere? I spent a few hours searching today, but if it's out there, I
> missed it.
>
> 2. Is there a clear winner for deconvolution algorithms? What should I be
> using?
>
> 3. Are there other deconvolution software packages I should consider?
> Ideally I'm looking for software based on clearly-documented algorithms.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> -Andrew York
> NIH/NIBIB
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